Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at VON MAUR, INC., 1960 Tower Drive, GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS 60026
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using the escalator to access the second floor while holding shopping bags when she fell down the escalator and fractured her right leg.
An employee was bringing a curbside order to a customer in the parking lot when they were struck by a vehicle, resulting in a fractured knee and lacerated liver.
The employee was bending down in the stock room in order to pick up a piece of a metal clothing rack. She twisted and her leg gave out causing her to fall to the ground and break her tibia at the knee. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
An employee was on an A-frame ladder retrieving materials from a shelf. He slipped and fell and his leg got caught in the ladder rungs, breaking his left tibia.
An employee was unloading materials from a flatbed trailer when they fell from the trailer and landed on the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was unloading appliances at a customer location for delivery. The employee was moving a water heater to be placed on the liftgate when he stepped backward and fell to the ground. The employee sustained rib and back injuries.
An employee was unloading a trailer. Cartons of goods fell and struck the employee, who fell down. Cartons of goods (45 pounds each) then fell onto the employee, who suffered a compression fracture to a lower-back vertebra. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was bending down while straightening a stack of sweaters. She turned to answer a question, lost her balance, and fell to the floor, injuring her right hip. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was walking on the floor and went to step over a rope barrier when she tripped over the rope and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured lower leg that required surgery.
A facilities maintenance technician was helping to perform a bearing repair on a conveyor shaft. His right hand became caught on the conveyor belt and he sustained abrasions and swelling. He was hospitalized.
An employee was sliding empty boxes on the floor when she slipped on one of the box lids and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.